What is ZBIT?

Yang57159

Prodigy 110 points

Other Parts Discussed in Thread: Z-STACK, TIMAC

I am reading the z-stack codes. In the main loop of OSAL "osal.c", osal_start_system is defined as:

void osal_start_system( void )
{
#if !defined ( ZBIT )
for(;;) // Forever Loop
#endif
{
uint8 idx = 0;

...

So what is this ZBIT? Is it always defined by default?

And I have another question. Are the function "macEventLoop" and "nwk_event_loop" open to customers?

Thanks!

over 14 years ago

0 BrandonAzbell over 14 years ago

TI__Guru 64610 points

What code base release are you referencing above? Please cite the specific link to the software.

0 Yang57159 over 14 years ago in reply to BrandonAzbell

Prodigy 110 points

Sorry, I forgot to mention that. It's z-stack.

0 BrandonAzbell over 14 years ago in reply to Yang57159

TI__Guru 64610 points

Unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to offer much help on this one. I don't see that label defined anywhere.

I thought it might have been tucked away in one of the project settings files for IAR, but not the case.

0 Yang57159 over 14 years ago in reply to BrandonAzbell

Prodigy 110 points

Thanks Brandon!

And what about "macEventLoop" and "nwk_event_loop," functions? Are they open to customers?

In "sapi.c":

const pTaskEventHandlerFn tasksArr[] = {
macEventLoop,
nwk_event_loop,
Hal_ProcessEvent,
#if defined( MT_TASK )
MT_ProcessEvent,
#endif
APS_event_loop,
ZDApp_event_loop,

SAPI_ProcessEvent
};

0 xyzzy over 14 years ago

TI__Expert 5255 points

ZBIT is a compile option that is used for TI internal testing and is not defined by default.

The macEventLoop and nwk_event_loop code is in the TIMAC and Router/EndDevice libraries, respectively, and are not open to customers.

0 Yang57159 over 14 years ago in reply to xyzzy

Prodigy 110 points

Thanks, xyzzy!

So is there any way for customers to read these files so that we would know how MAC and NWK layers work when osal is initiated? Do you have any policy for researchers to refer to the files that are not open to customers? Thanks!

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